If you drive an hour north of Sun Valley in the central mountains of Idaho, you’ll pass Dooley Creek and climb Galena pass, then level off at 7,000 feet about five miles before you get to Stanley. Now, turn off Highway 75 and head west to Red Fish Lake. If you ask the local folks at the lodge about the weather they’ll tell you it can snow up there any day of the year.
So when you leave your cabin at 5:55am on September 1st for a sunrise wedding, that’s when you notice you’ll be shooting in a blizzard.
But that’s not where the story begins. The story starts when Jason and Jenna are in high school. Back when Jason and his buddy thought it would be funny to sneak into Jenna’s house and put on her clothes while she was sleeping. Imagine how that looked when Jenna’s mother came in. That’s the first time she had ever met Jason. Oh, sure, they laugh about it now…
A few years later, he was living in San Fransisco and she was living in Boise. Their folks both say it was the Lord that got them back together. The engagement was speedy, and on September 1st, 2008, in the Central Mountains of Idaho, Jenna and Jason got married in a snow storm. It was, on all accounts, beautiful.
You can see a three minute slide show of their wedding here.
by justin on August 31, 2008
in Weddings
I’m going to bed early tonight. Tomorrow morning I’ve got to be up at 5:00am or so. Jenna and Jason decided they wanted to be married at sunrise at Redfish Lake. I’ll be there to photograph the whole thing. They just stopped by my hotel room to go over all the details and this is going to be great. Nighty night, now.
Wow. Good times, Lindsay and Whitney. Let me just say, the Conley family knows how to throw a party. My, my. To see a three minute slide show, click here.
Wedding: Salt Lake Temple
Reception: McCune Mansion in Salt Lake City
Cake: Dippidee
Flowers: Planted Earth Floral
Dress: Alta Moda
Hair and Makeup: Enizio
Mood: Bliss
Fun Level: Off the charts
Class: High
Back when we made these bridal portraits for Lindsay I only posted one close-up. She didn’t want Whitney to see the dress until the big day. Well, now that the wedding has passed, I’m posting some of my favorites. Enjoy.
Last Saturday, Amy and I exhibited at the LaCaille Bridal Show. It was the first of such things for us and we had a really great time. Big, big thanks to the Flower Basket for providing such gorgeous flower arrangements for us. And thanks to everyone that came by to say hello. We had such a pleasure meeting everyone and hearing all about your wedding plans and we’d love to be a part of making it a perfect day for you.
Instead of jamming our booth space with lots of different images, we picked one image and made it big to garner attention. We also ordered some fortune cookies (another one of Amy’s great ideas) with our own custom fortunes and handed those out to interested brides. What a great way to spend a Saturday.
I was able to photograph Lindsay for her bridal portrait at the McCune Mansion in Salt Lake a couple days ago. She wore the most gorgeous dress you’ve ever seen from Alta Moda and to really juice things up, Cynthia from Enizio was the incredible talent behind the make-up and hair. Since Lindsay doesn’t want Whitney to see the dress until the wedding, I’m not going to post much, here. However, she did say I could post a close up. So here’s a teaser. You’ll see more after their wedding. Lindsay, you are so charming.
Janet and Steven got married at the Hidden Valley Country Club. I arrived early and we got in golf carts and drove to some secluded places and took pictures of the two of them before the guests arrived. I loved driving the golf carts. We even saw a deer. I took that as a good omen of good things to come.
You can see a short slide show here.
If you want wedding photographs like these for yourself or someone you love, give me a call.
You can see more and order prints from this event, here.
And the support team:
See the whole session and order prints here.
This bridal session took place in Provo Canyon, about five minutes from where I live. Aubrey’s sisters came along (pictured) as well as Aubrey’s friend Amy and Aubrey’s mother. We had a great time. The weather was perfect and Aubrey looked as lovely as can be. Can’t wait for the wedding on Friday.
PDN’s Top Knots contest winners are now online. I’m so excited! By the way, Jose Villa, who I’ve written about before, has the cover shot on the print edition of the magazine (available on news stands now). Also, as far as I can tell, there is only one other photographer from Utah other than myself that made it in the magazine. See if you can see who it is.
One of the classiest, most elegant girls I know is Heather Balliet. I shot her wedding in San Diego some time ago and anyone in attendance could tell Heather cared about the details. It was about as lovely and stylish as any wedding event I’ve photographed. And now, get this: She loved her wedding so much that she has become a wedding planner. Oh, those lucky brides in Southern California.
Her website can be found here, and her blog can be found here.
A week or two ago I posted pictures from Sarah and Kevin’s wedding and luncheon. Four days after their wedding, they had a party at the White Willow in Provo. Here are some pictures from that lovely event.
Kevin and Sarah got married on March 11, 2008 at the Provo temple. After the wedding, there was a luncheon at White Willow. A reception will take place on March 14, 2008. Here’s a few from Tuesday.
Sarah and Kevin got married today. Images to follow, shortly.
We are giving away either a free Bridal Portrait Session, or a free Engagement Portrait Session. The winner will get to select which one. How do you win? All you need to do is write a teeny 200 word essay telling us why we should shoot you for free. The kicker? It’s got to make us laugh. The funniest response will win. If you’re interested in entering, click on this link and fill out the info. And if you aren’t interested, forward the link to someone that you think might care.
We are doing an experiment. This link and announcement will be posted on a few other blogs from various different friends. We are trying to see how word travels via their blogs.
We can’t wait to see what we get.
http://jhphotography.wufoo.com/forms/win-a-free-portrait-from-justin-hackworth/
Photo District News (PDN) is an award-winning monthly magazine for the professional, commercial and advertising photographer. Each year they devote one issue to wedding photography and hold a contest called Top Knots and publish the winning entries. I sent three images to them. They accepted one of them. The issue will be published in April. How cool is that? I’m going to be in Photo District News with this image!
Sarah and Kevin are getting hitched and today we shot some engagement portraits. I’m just editing them right now, so I’ll post a few more later, but here’s a little teaser in the mean time.
by justin on December 19, 2007
in Weddings
This was taken at Zoe and Peter’s wedding at the Alta lodge.
by justin on December 14, 2007
in Weddings
I’m going through some older images from the archives, stuff I shot on a film a while ago. I’m making some high res scans to find some images to print for the new office. Here’s a gem I think turned out nice. This is Paula. Lovely.
On July 21, Zoe and Peter got married at the Alta Lodge in Little Cottonwood Canyon (Marly, you rock). It was, on all accounts, a fabulous day. I’ve heard a lot of speeches and toasts, but those given last Saturday for Zoe and Peter were about as good as it gets. Here are some of their wedding pictures.
